CI 1.6 - MySQL "SET NAMES" on MySQL 4.0.17

[eluser]stanleyxu[/eluser]
[quote author="Derek Jones" date="1204951428"]Your concerns are noted and appreciated, however, and we will consider including an official "old" driver in future releases.[/quote]
Well, this sounds really great. Thanks for considering my suggestion.

The reasons, why mysql 3.x make sense, are:
1. Encoding problem. It is painful to confirm the consistence of all datas. Maybe you will say, "This problem has to be solved sooner or later. Just download it, convert it and upload it." However, when data is more than 100MB, it is almost impossible to do this.
2. The negative performance of InnoDB.

So long as the old MySQL works, most people (at least me) will not upgrade, won't they?
If I have to upgrade, I would rather use PostgreSQL. ^^)